Kansas Milling Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 19, 1939

16 N.L.R.B. 161 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of KANSAS MILLING COMPANY and, FLOUR, FEED, SEED,
CEREAL & ELEVATOR WORKERS UNION, No. 20991, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1439
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 19, 1939
On September 2, 1939, the National Labor, Relations Board, issued
a Decision and Direction of Election' in the above-entitled proceed-
ing. The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret
ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the
Direction among the production and maintenance employees of Kan-
sas Milling Company, Wichita, Kansas, who were employed during
the pay-roll period next preceding the date of the Decision and Di-
rection of Election, including employees who did not work during
.such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation and em-
ployees who were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but
excluding executive and supervisory employees, office workers and
chemists, and excluding also those who had since quit or been
discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desired to be
represented by Flour, Feed, Seed, Cereal & Elevator Workers Union,
No. 20991, A. F. of L., for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on September 9, 1939, at Wichita, Kansas, under the
direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the
Seventeenth Region (Kansas City, Missouri). On September 14,
1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No
Objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of eligible voters___________________________ 136
Total number of ballots voted for Flour, Feed, Seed, Cereal &
Elevator Workers Union, affiliated with A. F. of L------ 123
1 15 N. L. R. B. 71.
16 N. L. R. B., No. 17.
161
162 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
Total number of ballots voted against Flour , Feed, Seed,
Cereal & Elevator Workers Union, affiliated with A. F.
of L--------------------------------------------------- - 6
Number of challenged ballots ----------------------------- 2
Number of blank ballots ---------------------------------- 0
Number of void ballots ----------------------------------- 0
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 131
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CraiTIFn,b that Flour, Feed, Seed, Cereal & Elevator
Workers Union, No. 20991, A. F. of L. has been designated and
selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees
of the Kansas Milling Company, excluding executive and su-
pervisory employees, office workers, and chemists, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant
to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations
Act, Flour, Feed, Seed, Cereal & Elevator Workers Union, No. 20991,
A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.